“Antarctic on fire”: Paleo-wildfire events associated with volcanic deposits in the Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Cretaceous
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The occurrence of paleo-wildfire events during the Campanian age Late Cretaceous is demonstrated in this study for first time with deposits from King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. With aim providing information that fills important paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographic gaps about end Gondwana, samples macroscopic charcoal were collected at two different volcanic levels Price Point outcrop, expeditions to Peninsula by Brazilian Program (PROANTAR). treated later analyzed under a stereomicroscope scanning electron microscope. analysis allowed identification morphoanatomical structures potential taxonomic affinity Podocarpaceae. These conifers temperate forests high-latitude environments Cretaceous, accordance previous palaeobotanical records Point. also showed southern paleofloras subject paleo-wildfires much more frequently than previously thought. This indicates fire active volcanism significant modifiers ecological niches austral floras, because even distal areas, source ignition forest fires often came contact hot ash cloud, where vegetation was either totally or partially consumed fire.
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Earth Science
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2296-6463']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1048754